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Show VESUVIUS A polllarr mountain rtalnr miV' I' rally from the plain of Ino Oan.taiila ll the flrat object to greet I,,,, ryo on arrival In Nnplo. On Hi wly to the mountain wo panaod throng the mall town of lachla. whlrh aim'-d to bo poinlaled entirely by lurfara and tiny duaky rhlldr4n. On ov, r I 10 dry gravelly plain to anolhor ion hxated alinimt at the bane of Y'ttivl-ii Y'ttivl-ii a. It la very remarkable tl tt , ,.r tho many rruol dlva-itors thona pplo will build up aiBli, on fio vory r't. knowing that tiny are fmhjott tut. mi aame rnllllitltlca. As late aa 1 H .". .". thla vory lonai onilroly doatroyod, ai d In H;) another an-other but leaaer eruption rjr, nrteil, Npreadlng ilenulatlon for Tiro mllea. Tho pinplo move, I out during t! period and It la raid aa root) n t'to Inva waa cool eiioiix i to walk a,, (ley hunt up their vlliut"' ai;rln. lliey havo no fear of another oulbn-a . Tho heli:ht or Iho moil taitl iml form of npei aio aulijec. to fn ut In 1 77!. Juat I. "no years artor the flrat, came tho groat eruption, ami aorond only to the Ural In Ita colimnal -ath dealli g upheaval, destroying T orre del rjreco and all veget it Ion within throe mllea of the base of Vt sill lua. At lla close eleven cones wore In active operation and tho din charge ao great that at one tlmo a falling In or the entire mountain was feared. Half way up la the crater of ITo outburst of 17ID. Only smoke and atenm Inane at present some day will wlini'sa a terrible breaking out of thla dnngoroiis Utile fissure. When we reached the top wo worn allowod by our eoiisoli:iitotis guide to alt down and rest. We never appreciated rest III. o this, even thiiui:h wo wore sealed on a JniiKi-d rock. We worn annoyed by peddlers selling centimes set In Inva. Wo wanted to niako one of those curiosllles ourselves, so we ventured near tho crater. Tho sulphurous sul-phurous gaaoa all uncled and blinded I of Iho hotel, where we wer Inspected by a curious lot of tourists, and "if desperate efforts to escape wore re-wauled re-wauled by a alorm of questions and qiio'ioa, Wc replied, we know rot wha. but k party forthwith engaged our guide and arranged to take the aame trip from which we had Juat returned, re-turned, so our answiTB must have been favorable. 1 RANCKH K. A. WUirillT. 1 - rr - 1 i ' . . ...-.': 1 ' . - ' - - .- ' .. ' . ' i . . -j T " ' ' - 1 . - ' - X -V - t , i, 1 . j . '' , ....... , , t .i. ,,, ; ' -- ,-, :- " Ark- . . .. y ' . '". ; .- -t--: ,f9 X changes by the ever flowing' lava. It la eatimalod to lie al present aheui 4.000 foot high. In the eruption or lata tt - tost soft feet, -nearly -wf "f which has been restored by lulae-quent lulae-quent working. Ileforo I lis event Uv Biimmlt waa a roiu.li and rocky pldn oivereil with blocka of lava and rsnt with nunieroua fls.iuroa from ahlch clouds or amoke and itcnm wort con atantly Issuing. Tbo lava whlcT was ojorlcd m the occasion of the first oruptloi (7!) A. 1.I burled the two fnmoiis rltles of !'onicll and HercuJaneuni, thk'h remained almost unknown until a century ago. Hlnce that fearful outburst out-burst It haa boon a volcano, man or loss active. Once In 1MX Iho atmmlt known as Monte Nuovo was breed up to a height of 41.1 root In taoiliys. In Hi.1l Iho vtllagoa at Ita base wsro covered with lava, and nulling utter poured forth for twelve days. us. thn Intente hent and glaro dualled dua-lled na. nut we accomplished our aim and a piece of money encruated with hot Inva la thn reward we treasure. At each slop of the descent we aauk nearly up to our knees In the fine, loose pumice (much to the dutrl-ment dutrl-ment of our shoes 1. It waa very hard to walk and we pulled our feet nut of the gravel with great difficulty. Ileforo we had gone many steps we broke Into a run, which waa easier ami our root only sank to the anklo. In fifteen minutes we were at tho hasii bedraggled, weary, ragged creatures. Tho ride bark to the hotel was uneventful; we were loo tired to enjoy anything. Tho scenery was all green Ireea and bluo akloa, or vice versa. We couldn't see, our oyoa ached, and we atlll lind the disagreeable, disagree-able, sulphurous odor clinging to what clothes wo hud left. Our guide took na to tho front door Furthermore, the durhcaa la a much more Important personage than L.aity Kaglan, and did aomnthlng of tremendous tre-mendous gravity at the coronation, though we regret to say that what It waa haa momentarily escaped ua. We believe she held up aomplhll.T, at a critical moment. The presence of tho duchess gives a crimson glow to the expiring Newport season and a fellcl-tout fellcl-tout termination to an otherwise uneventful un-eventful summer. Personally, wa should tako much more Innocent enjoyment en-joyment In Illnky Dlnk'a wonderful wardrobe than In the duchess' coronation corona-tion robes, but thla may be our vulgar tasto. Chicago Evening Post. |